R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) bird
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) car
- 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) car
- 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) flower
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 13.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) yarn
- 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) star (c) spider
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 21.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) circus
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) flower
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) paper
- 28.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) guitar
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) torch
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) corn
- 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circus
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
Answer key
- bird
- car
- torch
- popcorn
- hammer
- ir
- unicorn
- or
- turkey
- torch
- or
- ladder
- er
- yarn
- burger
- ar
- purple
- spider
- or
- yarn
- er
- corn
- girl
- tiger
- jar
- flower
- paper
- er
- circus
- guitar
- computer
- star
- ur
- turkey
- ir
- dart
- ur
- ar
- turtle
- ar
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